How to develop a communications strategy
Find out the critical ingredients for developing communications strategy and access our communications strategy template.
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Canva templates and assets
Useful templates and assets to help you with your digital and traditional marketing activities.
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Healthwatch core skills framework 2024/25
This framework will help you see the skills you use in your role, identify any gaps and find the support you need to develop or fine tune them.
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Guide: Data processing and protection
This guidance explains the current data protection law and what this will mean for your local Healthwatch.
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How to complete our annual local Healthwatch survey
To ensure we give you the right support, please fill in the Annual Survey and tell us how things work on the ground for you and the constraints you face locally.
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Getting started with the Healthwatch brand
Everything you need to get started with the Healthwatch brand. Download our handy branding quick quide, messaging cheat sheet, local Healthwatch descriptors, and visual guidelines.
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A guide to running Healthwatch
Find out more about how to run a Healthwatch, including how to meet your legal obligations and exercise powers.
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How to use email marketing
Email marketing is a great way of developing relationships and communicating with people who have engaged with you in the past or have signed up to hear updates from you in the future.
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How to make sure local hospitals are helping those facing homelessness
Some NHS services have a legal duty to alert their local housing authority if they identify someone who they believe is homeless or at risk of becoming so. Find out the questions you can ask your NHS to understand if they are meeting this duty.
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